

France, 2024, 12’29’’, 2D animation
director Pierre-Luc Granjon
script Pierre-Luc Granjon
While his parents are entertaining friends, a child leaves home in the middle of the night into the undergrowth, rubber boots on his feet. There, a little creature, curious and solitary, takes him into the heart of the forest to meet the nocturnal inhabitants that live there.


China, 2025, 85’, hand-drawn animation
director Wenyu Li
script Wenyu Li
Ran Bi Wa, a monkey raised by a human tribe, was heading towards the Holy Mountain to steal the fire for mankind. At the end of the journey, he went through Nirvana in the fire and turned into a man.


United Kingdom, 2024, 9’ 2D animation
director Mansi Maheshwari
script James Davis, Anna Moore
“Bunnyhood” is a frenzied, 9-minute rollercoaster ride, described by “Directors Notes” as “pure nightmare fuel,” and akin to “watching the scribbled drawings etched onto an old school desk come to life”


Bulgaria, 2024, 09’00’’, 2D animation
director Andrey Tsvetkov
script Vasil Sotirov
An ordinary peasant, Uncle Kutsan, finds his life transformed when a tiny chick falls from the sky into his hands — a fragile creature he must teach to fly.


France, 2025, 10′00″, cutout animation
director Éric Montchaud
script Éric Montchaud
One day, Guy, a bird running in the forest, hits a box. And Guy asks himself : « But what can this box be used for ?


Bulgaria, France, 2025, 8’18’’, 2D animation
director Iva Tokmakchieva
script Iva Tokmakchieva
A hot summer day brings several neighbours out on their balconies. During a sudden rainstorm, one of them gets a burst of inspiration, which encourages the rest to live in the moment.


Bulgaria, 2025, 09’39’’, cutout animation
director Teodor Ralev
script Teodor Ralev
In a dark messy burrow, a reclusive raven lives shut off from the outside world - until a spirited nightingale, an opera singer, moves into the floor above, disrupting his carefully kept peace.


United Kingdom, 2024, 12’33’’, mixed media
director Mario Radev
script Mario Radev
„[S]“ е филм, който разкрива живота на безкрайността. Филмът потапя зрителя в цикъл от органични форми, замисляйки се върху преплетената същност на живота и изкуството.


Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, France, 2025, 16’22’’, stop-motion animation
director Natalia Mirzoyan
script Natalia Mirzoyan, Daria Nikitina
Helpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home — an escape that turns into a surreal nightmare.


Poland, 2023, 2’00’’, 2D animation
director Malgorzata Rybak
script Malgorzata Rybak
When you finally arrive at your favorite snorkeling spot but then suddenly everything is getting out of control. A very short story in three acts.


Netherlands, 2024, 2’31’’, stop-motion animation
director Wiep Teeuwisse
script Wiep Teeuwisse
On a street corner in the city, a heap of dumped garbage surrounds two garbage containers. An old mattress begins to speak sadly: “They say I’m dirty…” Other pieces of garbage join in, sharing the reasons why they have been discarded. Their enthusiasm evolves into a spectacle of song and dance.


France, 2024, 12’29’’, 2D animation
director Pierre-Luc Granjon
script Pierre-Luc Granjon
While his parents are entertaining friends, a child leaves home in the middle of the night into the undergrowth, rubber boots on his feet. There, a little creature, curious and solitary, takes him into the heart of the forest to meet the nocturnal inhabitants that live there.


Canada, 2025, 17’28’’, stop-motion animation
directors Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
script Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, Isabelle Mandalian
A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked deeds.


China, 2025, 8’58’’, 2D animation
director Dmitry Geller
script Dmitry Geller
Parallel lines sometimes intersect.


Belgium, 2024, 13’45’’, 2D animation
director Anaïs Mauzat
script Anaïs Mauzat
The whole city, where nature seems more depleted than ever, bustles, except for Mackenzie, a solitary and sensitive woman who, that morning, steps out of line as a hungry bear approaches the city.


Israel, 2024, 9’59’’, stop-motion animation
directors Elkie Leonie Hershberg, Tom Kouris, Hani Dombe
script Elkie Leonie Hershberg
On a peaceful Sunday morning, a stubborn knock on the door threatens to change Richard's life (84) forever.


Austria, 2024, 10’50’’, 2D animation
director Thomas Renoldner
script Thomas Renoldner
A mill wheel turns, changing its shape and movement, splitting up, reassembling and spinning a narrative about technology, art, and the fascinating history of animated film. A tribute to the scientist Simon von Stampfer and his invention of the stroboscopic disk.


Belgium, 2024, 05’09’’, hand-drawn animation
director Nicolas Piret
scrip Nicolas Piret
In this animated miniature a drawing gradually comes to life before our eyes, telling a story not only of a wild boar on the run, but also of the ways in which people occupy the places that used to belong to nature.


North Macedonia, 2025, 16’28’’, stop-motion animation
director Krste Gospodinovski
script Krste Gospodinovski, Zharko Ivanov, Dimitar Dimoski
A former silent film star clings to his fading legacy by shielding his son from the arrival of sound, but when the boy uncovers a buried secret, their fragile bond cracks, forcing him to confront the world beyond the screen.


Hungary, 2024, 14’53’’, 2D animation
director Viktória Traub
script Viktória Traub, Polett Dus, Zsuzsanna Bak
Paula the centaur-girl finds love, but now she must finally confront herself, her desires, and the dilemmas of conformity and self-acceptance.


Canada, 2024, 2’29’’, mixed media
director Ehsan Gharib
script Ehsan Gharib
A caged bird, yearning to fly, finds release through the transcendent power of music and movement.


Netherlands, 2024, 2’35’’, 3D animation
directors Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw
script Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked, it makes little impact…that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated QUOTA.


France, Japan, 2025, 9’48’’, 2D animation
director Yoriko Mizushiri
script Yoriko Mizushiri
Ordinary life repeats itself every day while the succession of moments that we repeat over and over again is never the same.


Switzerland, 2024, 7’11’’, 2D animation
director Delia Hess
script Delia Hess
A young woman finds herself trapped in the endless queue of a telephone hotline — a surreal, episodic short film exploring the absurdities of urban life and the crushing weight of paralyzing stagnation.


Japan, Ukraine, USA, 2025, 10’45’’, 2D animation
director Nata Metlukh
script Nata Metlukh
A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time—but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and breakfast is always burnt. He discovers joy in life only when time breaks apart.


Spain, 2024, 12’00’’, stop-motion animation
directors Marc Riba Roqué, Anna Solanas Santacana
script Marc Riba Roqué, Anna Solanas Santacana
In a convent in Spain during the dictatorship, nuns provide shelter to young girls in need.


Estonia, France, 2024, 32’00’’, 2D/3D animation
directors Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn
script Priit Pärn
He observes. She plays. Forgotten love lingers. The Moon is just a pale witness to it all. Still pale.


France, 2025, 8’30’’, cutout animation
director Iulia Voitova
script Iulia Voitova
An astronaut prepares for a flight into space, and a diver descends into the depths. The further apart they are, the closer they actually get.


Spain, 2023, 9’50’’, stop-motion animation
director Andrei Simkin
script Andrei Simkin
A captain wanders the sea in search of the place of his dreams, a beautiful orange lighthouse. One day the light of the lighthouse bursts into the gloom of his cabin. The sailor will have to decide whether to move on or remain anchored to the life he has always lived.


France, Italy, 2024, 8’11’’, hand-drawn animation
director Roberto Catani
script Roberto Catani
Story of a puppet who doesn't become a child.
United Kingdom, 2023, 4’25’’, mixed media
director Osbert Parker, Laurie Hill
script Osbert Parker, Laurie Hill
Parker & Hill's latest collaboration, High Street Repeat, is an experimental, archive-delving collage film. It uses a range of animation techniques to explore the story of migration and enterprise, told through the changing face of Britain’s high street.


France, 2024, 15’49’’, mixed media
directors Jeanne Paturle, Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Drouet
script Jeanne Paturle, Jeanne Drouet, Emmanuelle Santelli
The film follows a sociologist's investigation into sexuality in couples. She meets heterosexual women aged between 25 and 45. The interviews deal with experiences, desire and love, as well as norms in male/female relationships but also paths to emancipation.


Latvia, 2024, 10’12’’, 2D animation
director Edmunds Jansons
script Edmunds Jansons
The white tranquility of mountains is disturbed by colorful winter sports enthusiasts who enjoy downhill skiing. The short film is an audiovisual experience, an abstract dance of freedom that reflects the joy and fragility of being.


France, 2024, 9’23’’, 2D animation
director Éloïc Gimenez Yoon
script Éloïc Gimenez Yoon, Sophie Roze
Jeanne and Louis, a couple in their seventies, discover the unexpected effect of a footbath in the middle of the day on their balcony. Jeanne recalls a distant and comical memory of a dog biting her husband's left buttock.


United Kingdom, 2023, 11’16’’, stop-motion animation
director Gustavo Arteaga
script Gustavo Arteaga
When love comes knocking Greta’s world is turned upside down.
As her passion grows, complications follow but change is coming in the shape of water.


India, 2025, 7’03’’, stop-motion animation
director Suresh Eriyat
script Suresh Eriyat
Through the story of Balu Mama and his revered flock, the film contrasts a rich heritage with the modern neglect of India’s native sheep and wool industry. In the face of this decline, it raises a poignant question—can the wisdom of the past inspire a future where shepherding and pastoral traditions are valued once again?


India, 2024, 4’12’’, 3D animation
director Suresh Eriyat
script Suresh Eriyat
A delightful music evening in the deep woods turns into chaos when an overly enthusiastic fan accidentally wreaks havoc in a burst of excitement.


USA , 2025, 5’42’’, hand-drawn animation
dirеctor Kate Renshaw-Lewis
script Kate Renshaw-Lewis
Busy Bodies is a hand-drawn animation that combines inkjet and screen printing. Inspired by Rube Goldberg machines, the film explores the undisclosed production journey of easily disposable objects. The images of the film cycle and deteriorate, visualizing the repetition, speed, and destructive nature of the factory method supply chain.


Canada, 2025, 11’18’’, 2D animation
director Alex Boya
script Alex Boya
A devoted sister flees with her brother, a benevolent, bread-turned zombie. A mob pursues, mouths agape. Streets twist into mazes, reason dissolves, hunger reigns. Can love defy appetite?


Korea, 2025, 12’08’’, cutout animation
director Seun Yee
script Seun Yee
A bus passenger reclines their seat too far back. As a result, the journey of the passenger behind takes an unexpected path, eventually exploring interpersonal and societal space.


Bulgaria, France, 2025, 8’18’’, 2D animation
director Iva Tokmakchieva
script Iva Tokmakchieva
A hot summer day brings several neighbours out on their balconies. During a sudden rainstorm, one of them gets a burst of inspiration, which encourages the rest to live in the moment.


France, 2024, 10’, 2D animation
directors Matthieu Dupille, Binlin Xie, Alexander Vanderplank, Ninon Quemener, Philémon Martin, Chenhe Liu
script Matthieu Dupille, Binlin Xie, Alexander Vanderplank, Ninon Quemener, Philémon Martin, Chenhe Liu
The day the radiation disappears, Simon rushes to the heart of the zone, taking his colleague Agathe with him, in the hope of rediscovering a lost past.


France, 2024, 6’47’,’ 2D animation
directors Hao Wang, Ying Wan, Ximing Li, Nahee Jang
script Hao Wang, Ying Wan, Ximing Li, Nahee Jang
Mr. Everest is dead and trapped in the paperwork process before entering Heaven. After the long journey, he accepts that heaven is very different from what he expected.


South Korea, 2024, 9’, 2D animation
director Bom Kim
script Bom Kim
Aging, she increasingly feels herself as an old-fashioned person. Her garden is lacking life except for her 'Bopoolagi(보푸라기)'. It
still sticks to her like a stubborn shape. Though it irks her she feels she can't hate it.


Bulgaria, 2025, 3’22’’, stop-motion animation
directors Lydia Tsvetkova, Viktoria Panova
script Mihaela Naydenova
This stop-motion film brings to life the emotional state of pessimism through rich visual storytelling. At its heart is a simple gardener—an ordinary man who’s never content. No matter how vibrant his flowers bloom, something always feels wrong. His hat never sits quite right, and in his world, the glass is always half empty. His quiet adversary is a single rose. It’s beautiful, thriving, nearly perfect—but he can’t see it that way. To him, there’s always a flaw: a thorn out of place. The story unfolds as a constant tension between two realities: the world as it is—alive and full of beauty—and the world as the gardener feels it - dim and never enough.


Brazil, 2025, 18’46’’, stop-motion animation
director Kimberly Palermo
script Kimberly Palermo
After losing everything, a sentimental Maned Wolf wanders around Brazil in search of a new home.


Hungary, 2024, 10’43’, 2D animation
director Anna Tőkés
script Anna Tőkés
Rhythmic gymnastics is considered to be one of the most beautiful female sports. What we see is that young, gorgeous girls in their glittering leotards move lightly on a big carpet, with a smile on their faces. Behind the mask of perfection, however, there is eternal self-dissatisfaction and endless internal struggles in the group. Through the eyes of a competitor, we follow the journey of the entire national team from a training session to the competition mat and observe how their intrigue ends up.


China, 2025, 4’20’’, 2D animation
director Yuqin Zhu
script Yuqin Zhu
The Kitchen God is a deity in traditional Chinese culture who governs food and the fortunes of the family. Tang Hua Sheng(the Candied peanut) is a dessert offered during the worship of the Kitchen God. In this short film, "I" explore the significance of this ritual for my family and me by imagining the real existence of the Kitchen God. From childhood curiosity to nostalgia after leaving home as an adult, "I" gradually realize that this traditional custom still holds deep meaning for our family in modern society


France, 2024, 2’30’’, stop-motion animation
directors Ryan Dimitrov, Marta Alexieva
script Marta Alexieva
The love between two light bulbs makes them shine bright together, until one of them leaves the other. The remaining bulb’s light almost goes out when a new spark is formed between it and an unexpected new character.


France, 2024, 2’14’’, 2D animation
directors Aliénor Ghys, Aline Hu, Clara Onteiral-Diaz, Guillemette Cahuzac, Marie-Lou Lejeune
script Aliénor Ghys, Aline Hu, Clara Onteiral-Diaz, Guillemette Cahuzac, Marie-Lou Lejeune
In her room, Sasha, a little girl who only aspires to live a happy childhood, is playing with her cuddly toys to forget that her parents are about to separate. But the noise of their argument intrudes on her innocent games, forcing her to confront the consequences of these increasingly unsustainable adult conflicts. Gradually, the child becomes overwhelmed by her anxieties, giving free rein to her repressed emotions.


Taiwan, 2024, 4’15’, 2D animation
director Hsin-Ju Wu
script Hsin-Ju Wu
"SHAPED" is an animation about modern life phenomena. The protagonist, Shanshan, enters a glass cup, experiencing various degrees of influence and uncontrollable changes. After a brief escape, he still chooses to return to this cycle.


Germany, 2024, 9’13’’, 2D animation
director Julia Skala
script Julia Skala,Theresa Worm
On a forest home trip with her classmates, ten year old Marlene is struggling with her early pubescent, changing body. She feels ashamed of her boobs growing. Therefore, she avoids to shower with the other girls and hides her evolving body under large sweatshirts. When the other kids start making fun of an oddly developed tadpole at the forest home museum, Marlene is weirdly identifying with it and decides to set it free.


France, 2025, 4’48’’, 2D animation
director Ada Nela Peharda
script Ada Nela Peharda
Two mice on a bookshelf engage in a passionate discussion on the purpose of books – one of them is an intellectual and is advocating for the spiritual and intellectual merits of literature, while the other, a glutton, sees books as nothing other than a tasty snack.


Japan, 2025, 6’42’ China, 2D animation
director Nao Yamamoto
script Nao Yamamoto
OCTOPOLIS is a civilization created by octopuses. The inhabitants live on donuts and sleep inside chikuwas (fishcake tubes). They perceive themselves as donut holes and feel a deep urge to fill that void and become suckers, the embodiment of wholeness.


Taiwan Italy, 2024, 6’, 2D animation
director Lucia Catalini
script Lucia Catalini
A girl called Elena finds after a long time the notebook of her maternal grandmother, Laura. She flips through it for the first time and through those pages she sees her grandmother's life again. Once she reaches the end, Elena recalls a childhood episode in which Laura had revealed to her that if one has a great desire it must be confided to the paper of a notebook to make it come true. As a child she had believed that story and immediately had done so. Now 25 years old, Elena no longer remembers her past wish but now has a new one, to remember Laura.
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Hong Kong, 2025, 3’19’’, mixed media
directors Wu Zeyang, Tmoi Zhang, Klee Cao, Jonathan Chan
script Wu Zeyang, Tmoi Zhang, Klee Cao, Jonathan Chan
No Man's Land is an exploration of a bizarre world, where curiosity, excitement, fear, helplessness, and evasion coexist. It is an experimental animation inspired by outsider art and assisted with generative AI techniques.


Taiwan 2025, 3’10’’, 2D animation
directors I-Chieh Teng, Tzu-Chin Chou, Yu-Fen Chen
script I-Chieh Teng, Tzu-Chin Chou, Yu-Fen Chen
" Make Money" is a three-minute 2D short animation. The story revolves around a family of three living on a grassland. The playful young boy discovers accidentally that pulling up weeds causes them to transform into various objects. Unaware of his actions, he eventually pulls up all the grass on the entire plain. As a consequence, everything familiar from the past is gone, leaving a changed landscape and circumstances.


Germany, 2025, 8’34’’, 2D animation
directors Sarah Schulz, Christopher Schmier
script Sarah Schulz
In a world of towering mountains, dutiful train conductor Peregrin navigates his train through dangerous terrain like a well-oiled clock. One day, the free-spirited musician Clara smuggles herself into his machine room. Soon, catastrophe strikes, and Clara and Peregrin have to overcome their differences to save the train from derailing.


Japan, 2024, 2’25’’, 2D animation
director Chihiro Yamanaka
script Chihiro Yamanaka
This animated short film is dedicated to the fascination with the art of watercolor. The beauty and overwhelming power of nature created on paper is depicted with awe, moving back and forth between abstraction and figuration.


Taiwan, 2025, 4’12’’, 2D animation
director Chih-Chen Hsu
script Chih-Chen Hsu
Candles are flickering. In the dark, endless dreamscape, where do I find myself?


Switzerland, 2024, 10’50’’, stop motion animation
director Lea Favre
script Lea Favre
Today, Lea is going in search of a subject for a documentary film. When she believes she's finally caught her prey, the roles end up being reversed. The hunter becomes the hunted.


France, 2024, 12’49’ experimental animation
director Justin Fayard
script Justin Fayard
"Only yesterday, dragons were coming down to see what humans were doing in their valleys. Destroying everything in their path, we cursed them, in vain."


Japan, Poland, 2025, 5’, 2D animation
director Zuzanna Zofia Heller
script Zuzanna Zofia Heller
"Hello, Headquarters," a voice from the phone calls out to Mirek. But Mirek already feels lost - he just wants to report the disappearance of his wife, the Great Orange. At every step, he crashes into the brutality of office bureaucracy, and to make matters worse, rain is pouring outside.


Japan, 2025, 8’28’’, 2D animation
director Ruihan Yang
script Ruihan Yang
By the seaside, a woman waits for a man.


China, 2023, 2’27’, 2D animation
director Xiaoxuan Han
script Xiaoxuan Han
All the collage materials are made from collected waste paper. Whenever it rains in summer, my rhinitis becomes very serious, and my bad mood keeps popping up like mushrooms after the rain. I hope this film can remind me not to forget to take rhinitis medication every night before going to bed, and I also hope this animation can raise people's attention to the global environment.


France ,2024, 8’26’’, 2D animation
director Tanya Bozhinova
script Tanya Bozhinova, Peter Petrov
Fighting words and feelings, a man embarks on an emotional journey to confess his love.


Belgium, 2024, 6’, stop-motion animation
director Hasse Van Overbeke
script Hasse Van Overbeke
Canned presents a symbolic portrayal of anorexia through the story of Sam, a young teenager who seeks solace in a fishbowl as an escape from bullying.


United Kingdom, 2024, 9’ 2D animation
director Mansi Maheshwari
script James Davis, Anna Moore
“Bunnyhood” is a frenzied, 9-minute rollercoaster ride, described by “Directors Notes” as “pure nightmare fuel,” and akin to “watching the scribbled drawings etched onto an old school desk come to life”


Denmark, 2025, 4’40’’, 2D animation
director Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen
script Freya Zoharah K. Sørensen
Surrounded by the roots of a withering tree, the soul of an old woman departs from her former body. Unsure of where to go next, she finds guidance in a mythological snake who patiently leads her towards the afterlife.


France, 2024, 4’7’’, 2D animation
director Martin Bonnin
script Martin Bonnin
Clément receives a phone call from Tessa. It has been a long time since they last spoke. As evening approaches, he loses himself in the city.


China, Japan, 2025, 10’45’’, 2D animation
director Shi Shengxue
script Shi Shengxue
I killed my mother. She called me a betrayer. Will I be able to escape the disease passed down the women in our family?


Italy, 2024, 4’14’’, stop motion animation
director Marco Russo
script Marco Russo
In Awaiting the Lightning Bolt, Renato, an eccentric Renaissance inventor, dares the impossible: capturing a lightning bolt in a jar! Fuelled by ambition and defying the skepticism of his peers, he races against time in a thrilling journey, where each storm offers an extraordinary glimpse into the mysteries of nature and the power of love.


United Kingdom, 2024, 8’31’’, stop-motion animationdirector José Pratsscript José Prats, Natalia Kyriacou, Bernardo Angeletti
During a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.


China, 2025, 14’, 2D animation
director Szu-Teh Li
script Szu-Teh Li
In 1950, Yeh Sheng-Chih was executed at Taipei as a Taiwanese underground member of the Communist Party of China. After the execution, his soul went on a journey to reflect on his lifetime, searching for an answer about his homeland and identity.


Iran, 2025, 6’45’’, 2D animation
director Hajar Mehrani
script Hajar Mehrani
A young woman dealing with her childhood trauma in the form of a folktale. She always runs away from a big black wolf until she remembers her grandmother's advice.


France, 2024, 5’, 3D animation
directors Pablo Anasse, Loane Baumer, Marine Bouvier, Marie Malaval, Maxence Mouttou, Florence Susanna
script Pablo Anasse, Loane Baumer, Marine Bouvier, Marie Malaval, Maxence Mouttou, Florence Susanna
A superficial couple spends an afternoon on a yacht until their daily lives are disrupted.


China, 2024, 102’9’’, 2D animation
director Zhigang YANGscript Zhigang YANG
A torrential downpour draws you into a colorful world drawn in Indian ink. A ship that has been submerged for a century resurfaces, giving life to theatre troupes shrouded in mystery.
In this world of masks and metamorphoses, what strange plot is about to unfold?


United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, 2024, 76’, stop-motion animation
directors Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
script Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a man visiting his dying father in a sanatorium to the edge of a mythic forest. Based on the book of the same name by Bruno Schultz.


Mexico, 2025, 114’, stop-motion animation
directors Rodolfo Ambriz, Arturo Ambriz
script Rodolfo Ambriz, Arturo Ambriz
Frankelda, a determined 19th-century Mexican writer, journeys into her subconscious to confront the monsters she has written about. Guided by a tormented prince, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before it’s too late.


Brazil, 2023, 83’, 2D animation
directors Guto Bicalho, Fernando Gutierrez
script Guto Bicalho, Fernando Gutierrez
Clarice is a clever young girl learning to cope with the loss of her mother. Spending her days alongside her father, a cart driver, she uses her vivid imagination to create a magical world filled with adventures and unexpected friends. Through her dreams, Clarice begins to understand how to live with both absence and memory.


China, 2025, 85’, hand-drawn animation
director Wenyu Li
script Wenyu Li
Ran Bi Wa, a monkey raised by a human tribe, was heading towards the Holy Mountain to steal the fire for mankind. At the end of the journey, he went through Nirvana in the fire and turned into a man.


Australia, Colombia, 2024, 7′50″, 2D animation
director Ana Maria Mendez Salgado
script Ruth Estelle, Pete Monaghan, Sarah Gomes-Harris, Ana Maria Mendez Salgado, Carlos Manrique Clavijo
Inside every one of us there’s a box of wishes. Most have our name on them... But the most powerful wishes are those that lie in our hearts but belong to someone else.Whenever you want something good to happen to someone else, pay attention... a Guardian may help you make that wish come true.


Belgium, 2024, 11′30″, 3D animation
director William Renaud
script Peter Saisselin, Amy Serafin
Having broken Papa Smurf's telescope, Monkey wants to repair the damage he's done and goes in search of a star.


Belgium, 2024, 10′05″, cutout animation
director Collective 18 children
producer Camera-etc
In the forest, a magical portal mysteriously appears, granting all the wishes of Jacassine and her whole family. But as desires come true, unexpected consequences arise, threatening the harmony of the community.


France, 2025, 9′29″, 2D animation
director Morgan Devosscript Morgan Devos
A fire breaks out in the Amazon rainforest, and frightened animals leave their habitat to take refuge on the other bank. Only a little hummingbird persists in fighting the fire when he spots a sloth and its young trapped in the flames.


Taiwan, 2024, 5′28”, 2D animation
director Wei-Rou Huang
script Wei-Rou Huang
A sesame seed, shaken loose by chewing, falls to the ground. When it awakens, it finds itself in a space resembling a mirrored sky. Filled with curiosity, it explores its surroundings and encounters a humanoid simulation simulator with a hole in its chest, filled with colorful liquid. Through the simulator, the white sesame seed transforms into a strawberry caterpillar and embarks on a fantastical journey of searching for and realizing dreams in this magical world.


France, 2024, 26′, 2D animation
director Sophie Castalgnede
script Fabrice Ravier
Polo leaves the Big City and moves above the hospital where his mother has been transferred for work. All Polo can think about is moving back home. But his new friendship with Juliette makes him reconsider. Juliette lives at the hospital too, but for a very different reason: she has a toad in her heart.


France, Switzerland, 2024, 9′15″, cutout animation
director Marika Herz
script Marika Herz
Samson, a dragon bullied by the other inhabitants of Dragonville, is forced to enter Humanville. There he meets Simon, a little boy who helps him face all the difficulties. Samson discovers a new world and, above all, a taste of friendship.


Germany, 2025, 4′33″, mixed media
director Sophia Schönborn
Everything spins in this movie, except Muncu. The world is dancing and Muncu is trying to keep up. Do you have to dance along or stand still to find the right beat? And if you've always stood still, how do you know if you're going to get dizzy?


Germany, 2024, 4′51’’, 3D animation
director Piers Goffart, Eric Giessmann
script Piers Goffart, Eric Giessmann
A monster, desperate to fit in among humans, hides behind a human disguise but is forced to confront the truth about himself when a visit to an indoor pool leads to a dramatic unravelling of his identity.


Israel, 2025, 4’, cutout animation
director Liran kapel, Chani Goodman Vinkler
script Liran kapel, Chani Goodman Vinkler
While walking in the woods, two bears learn the power of sharing


France, Poland , Switzerland, 28′, stop-motion animation
director Augusto Zanovello
Lola is the older sister of Simon, aged 5, who lives in a world of his own. By observing him, she notices how sensitive he is to small, hidden sounds. With her friend Rolih, she decides to build a noise machine to communicate with him.


France, 2025, 10′00″, cutout animation
director Éric Montchaud
script Éric Montchaud
One day, Guy, a bird running in the forest, hits a box. And Guy asks himself : « But what can this box be used for ?


Bulgaria, 2024, 7′15″, stop-motion animation
director Anton Zhekov
script Anton Zhekov
The animated short ‘Hercules- a gift from dad’ introduces the Ancient Greek hero Hercules in today’s times, who is facing a new challenge and temptation, which is the parcel from his dad- Zeus, Pandora’s box. Despite his inner conflict Hercules couldn’t resist the temptation and opens the box, which leads to unexpected development of the events.


Croatia, Germany, 2025, 5′40″, 2D animation
director Elena Walf
script Elena Walf
The squirrel's nest is warmly padded for the cold winter with all kinds of stolen goods. But then a flood breaks out and forest animals flee to Lena's farm. The squirrel would like to help them…


Germany, 2025, 3′18″, mixed media
director Adrian Jaffé
Three baby birds, one big challenge—their first flight! But as the frogs begin their peculiar performance, the sky turns into a whirlwind of improvisation—some birds twirl, some hover, and others just hope for the best.


Croatia, Germany, 2025, 5′40″, 2D animation
director Elena Walf
script Elena Walf
The hen is supposed to lay eggs, just like the other chickens. But the swallows in the air have awakened a completely different longing in her: she wants to fly!


Czech Republic, 2024, 3′23″, 2D animation
director Daniela Hýbnerová
A short animated documentary gives a glimpse into the lives of animals with fascinating cell regeneration abilities that make some nearly immortal. Biologist Jaroslav Petr introduces creatures with unique regenerative skills – the spiny mouse, the fire-bellied boatman and the sea slug Elysia marginata – a stellar trio that will amaze many scientists.


Italy, 2024, 5′33″, 2D animation
director Chiara Helmscript Chiara Helm
Ugo is a little penguin with a big dream: to fly like the postal birds. His wings may not be built for flying, but with clever thinking, persistence, and a strong sense of safety, he discovers a way to soar in his own unique way.


Bulgaria, 2024, 04’42’’, 2D animation
directors Kaya Krusteva, Ina Ibrishimova, Edith Byalkova, Kalina Krusteva, Valentin Stoynov
script Kaya Krusteva, Ina Ibrishimova, Edith Byalkova, Kalina Krusteva, Valentin Stoynov
A mischievous little boy overeats with Turkish delights. He gets excited by the sugar and drifts from one adventure to another. His adventures gravitate between reality and childhood fantasy, and each time they become more and more dangerous until the whole house collapses.


Bulgaria, 2024, 14’59’’, mixed media
director Maria Nikolova
script Maria Nikolova
The Paper Minotaur takes care of the maze of books. In his office there is an electronic board. It shows the number of readers who are currently reading a book. No readers means death to the book. The lives of the books are at stake.
Books can change the lives of its readers, but readers can influence the existence of literary characters too.


Bulgaria, 2025, 05’54’’, stop-motion animation
director Blagoslava Kirilova, Denislava Georgieva, Evgeni Ganchev
script Blagoslava Kirilova, Denislava Georgieva, Evgeni Ganchev
Pippi Longstocking sets out to bake a birthday cake for her Mr. Nilsson. What could possibly go wrong?


Bulgaria, 2025, 01’22’’, hand-drawn animation
director Magdalena Kalieva
script Magdalena Kalieva
A wild horse cannot be locked and tamed in a confined space. Fear for freedom. THE KEY. Wanted.


Bulgaria, 2024, 10’45’’, mixed media
director Veselin Dochev
script Veselin Dochev, Silviq Vladimirova
‘The Embroidery Fairytale’ is a story inspired by Bulgarian folklore in which we come across mythical creatures, love, and magical music that have the power to change the world.


Bulgaria, 2024, 03’53’’, 2D animation
director Zlatelina Tsokova
script Zlatelina Tsokova
Anxiety spirals out of control, escalating into a train apocalypse.


Bulgaria, 2024, 12’00’’, mixed media
director Dimitar Dimitrov
script Dilyan Elenkov
A story about the search for truth, warmth, and meaning in the emotional labyrinth of stress and alienation that encompasses the modern human being.


Bulgaria, 2025, 09’39’’, cutout animation
director Teodor Ralev
script Teodor Ralev
In a dark messy burrow, a reclusive raven lives shut off from the outside world - until a spirited nightingale, an opera singer, moves into the floor above, disrupting his carefully kept peace.


Bulgaria, 2025, 04’06’’, 2D animation
director Dea Tchipeva, Maria Dimova
script Dea Tchipeva, Maria Dimova
Accustomed to worship and applause, a creature lives in luxury - until the moment it receives a minor critique from one of its seemingly insignificant little followers.


Bulgaria, 2024, 09’00’’, 2D animation
director Andrey Tsvetkov
script Vasil Sotirov
An ordinary peasant, Uncle Kutsan, finds his life transformed when a tiny chick falls from the sky into his hands — a fragile creature he must teach to fly.


Bulgaria, 2025, 6’27’’, 2D animation
director Kristian Georgiev
script Kristian Georgiev
The doctor is a genius plastic surgeon. He fulfills all dreams and desires and gives his patients true happiness. His glory is unsurpassed, and the whole city lines up at his studio.


Bulgaria, 2024, 01’32’’, 2D animation
director Nikola Radulovikj
script Nikola Radulovikj
Grandmas having trouble putting the baby to sleep.


Bulgaria, 2024, 3’50’’, 2D animation
director Aleksa Trayanova
script Aleksa Trayanova
Caged inside the dystopian landscape of a square office, a white collar worker lights the fire within. He learns that mixing the search for salvation with alcohol is a deadly combination.


Bulgaria, 2024, 06’23’’, 2D animation
director Mira Yankova
script Mira Yankova
Before our very eyes a strange human-bird hybrid undergoes constant transformation to cope with the omnipresent tensions of economical, ideological, military, and climatic threats.


Bulgaria, 2025, 10’00’’, 2D animation
director Katya Mankova
script Katia Mankova, Anna Topaldjikova
The film is inspired by the poetry of Alexander Vutimski - Bulgarian poet of the generation of the 1930-40 years. The young man lives in two realities - in the solitude of his room from where he observes life outside through the window and in the imaginary incarnation of his second self - Blue Boy, with whom he shares the poetic world of his fantasy.


Bulgaria, 2025, 00’50’’, mixed media
director Kaya Krusteva
script Kaya Krusteva
A dog is scared of being evil. It lives in a student dorm and is making a confession.


Bulgaria, 2025, 01’26’’, 2D animation
director Ina Ibrishimova
script Ina Ibrishimova
A little lizard tries to balance stones while holding a blue ball— a symbol of the trust it has received. The story shows its fear of failure. In the end, despite breaking the sphere, the lizard manages to climb to the top and overcome its fear.


Bulgaria, 2025, 02’07’’, 2D animation
director Vladislav Ivanov
script Vladislav Ivanov
A story of a meeting in a doctor’s office, the discovery of a natural phenomenon and an attempt to study it through the prism of absurdity in life and death.
An animation based on the short story “Comprehensive research” by Daniil Kharms.